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Getting something such as a Single entry SETV tourist visa in advance before travel is a pain in the butt to do. Who says 30 days is enough for a tourist? Thailand is a huge country with many different cities and regions. One can easily relax and just walk around Pattaya for 30 days and never eat at the same place twice. Beaches in Phuket are great but why induce a tourist to such short times? I just spent 88 days in Thailand but I got the Non Imm O retirement visa in advance because of the simplicity. Yes I could have gotten 60 days visa exempt on arrival, and then applied for a 30 day extension. But to me it was worth the 80 USD to get in advance. The online visa system was quick and efficient. One could easily spend one or two weeks in Bangkok alone just exploring the many Wat Thai temples that are all over the place. Getting an extension once in country requires one to stay at least one day some place. Maybe a person is ready to go to the next city. can't move without your passport back.

In this day and age, many people have considerable amounts of free time. To fly half way around the world takes one day each leg of the trip which cuts into vacation time. 60 days is much more reasonable. I am semi retired and like to go to places that make things easy. Getting an extension while possible, just adds more things to do and takes time. If one uses a visa office to make the run to Jomtien immigration as I have done in the past to get an extension, requires a person to give them your passport. sorry, but being overseas I want my passport in my hands at all time. In addition, if trying to rent a place, say for 60 days or 90 days, the office wants to see those valid visa dates in the passport. having just the 30 day visa exempt can make renting for a discount a problem

Here is an AI thing that google spits out when I ask how much soda I can bring into Thailand. You can bring up to 5 kilograms or 5 liters of non-alcoholic beverages, including soda, into Thailand for personal use without needing special import permits. These items must be for personal consumption and fall within reasonable quantities, generally not exceeding 10 kilograms or liters total across all food items.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/soda The TSA website seems to be OK with soda in checked luggage. Thanks for the advice on Thailand maybe having a 20,000 baht limit for personal use

I enjoy classic coca cola. On my recent trip to Thailand all they sold there was less sugar formulation which tastes terrible to me. So on my next trip I would like to bring with me two or three cases of 12 oz cans of coca cola. Is that allowed?

Yes there is one but not seeing potato salad

I did see small plastic bags of kewpies. Didn't like the sound of the ingredients.

I hop on a motorcycle taxi in pattaya once or twice. The driver wears a helmet but they no longer provide the passenger with one. Apparently that is legal. Makes me wonder if my travel insurance or my own insurance covers me in case of an accident I imagine he needs hospital hookups, it's, tubes for breathing, etc.

I hop on a motorcycle taxi in pattaya once or twice. The driver wears a helmet but they no longer provide the passenger with one. Apparently that is legal. Makes me wonder if my travel insurance or my own insurance covers me in case of an accident I imagine he needs hospital hookups, it's, incubation for breathing, etc.

I hop on a motorcycle taxi in pattaya once or twice. The driver wears a helmet but they no longer provide the passenger with one. Apparently that is legal. Makes me wonder if my travel insurance or my own insurance covers me in case of an accident

My usa co worker,friend's daughter from his thai wife got her usa passport while in thailand after she turned 16. She had never been in the usa. He was actually divorced and now living back in the usa. I remember him having to submit blood, paperwork, travel back to thailand, etc.. not the same as getting a ssn, but I offer it to show she got usa citizenship which should allow for a ssn?

The 7kg has always been in the fine print. I've flown eva 12 times since 2006 and am. Currently flying and booked with them. I've never seen charge for nominal checked baggage and when I check a new reservation using the eva website, I see checked baggage is free. Maybe agoda affects things. What flight cities are you booked

The https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home website isn't working for me..but I see the idea. I'll find some travel agent to buy it fir me after I get up 5o Bangkok

Ok. So the trick is to actually book or look for the train to surat an d that goes thru hua hin. But booking that is still eluding me.